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J. M. TROTCKY s`cREEN original Filed Aug. 21, 193s Nov.A 9,.'1937.

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A! A l f. 2^ f AH 7/ A IIIIInI-I /ar l .Il Ir (Ittorneg S Patented Nov. 9, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 686,011, August 21, 1933. This application May 25, 1936, Serial No. 81,552

4 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to improvements in screens, such as screens for doors and windows; it more particularly relates to means for reenforcing the screen cloth.

5 The object of my invention is to provide a member which may be inserted in the frame of a screen door or screen window to reenforce the screen cloth to prevent the same from sagging, which member will be of a character to permit a free circulation of air through the screen cloth and also of a nature which will more or less obscure vision through the screen door or window.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a screen door to which the improvement has been added, the lower portion of one of the screen cloth members and the retaining molding being broken away.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse fragmentary section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In the present instance the invention is shown applied to a screen door although it is to be understood that it is equally applicable to a screen window.

Referring to the drawing, the frame of the door is indicated at l, and following a usual construction in the inner longitudinal edges of the frame members a rabbet 2 is cut. In the present instance, two layers of screen cloth are employed, one of which will be termed the inner screen 3,

and this screen is placed in the rabbet. On this is placed the stiiening member 4, which may be of beaver board, heavy cardboard, or any other suitable light weight material from which a considerable amount of the material is removed to present an artistic open-work eiect to permit passage therethrough of air. 'I'his stilening member is cut from a board whose size is such yas to fit into the rabbet and the open work is cut from the board in such manner as to leave a 40 continuous border 5 extending entirely around the outer edges of the stilening member, which provision makes a more elective and stronger member. Over the stiiening member is laid the outer screen member B which is shown in Fig. 1

broken away from the lower portion of the door, and over the marginal edges of the screen 6 the strips of moulding 1 are placed and tacked, the tacks 8 passing through the moulding, the screen 'members and the stiiening member.

From the drawing and the foregoing description it will be seen that there has been provided a stiffening member for screen doors and screens for other purposes which will effectively prevent the bulging or sagging of the screen cloth caused by opening the door or the like by pressure on 5 the screen cloth.

The stifening member may be so formed as Vto present any desirable ornamental design, such as the one shown, the open-work nature of the design permitting a free circulation of air through 10 the door or window and also obscuring more or less a clear vision through the door or window which is desirable for homes and some places of business.

Besides the function of having the stiffening 15 member protect the screen cloth, the screen cloth also acts to protect to a degree the stilleningA member from being marred by scratches or becoming soiled. If desired, the stiening member can be so designed and stained or otherwise 20 colored as to simulate wrought iron, brass, or other metals, and any suitable and desirable design may be used.

This application is a substitute for my abandoned application Ser. No. 686,011 led Aug. 21, 25 1933.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a screen, an open frame, twolayers of screen cloth stretched thereacross, an open-work stilening member between the cloth layers, and 30 means to secure the layers of screen cloth and stiening member to the frame.

2. In a screen, an open frame, two layers of screen cloth stretched thereacross, an Open-work stiffening member having a continuous border 35 positioned between the cloth, and means to secure the marginal portion of said cloth and the border of said stiiening member to said frame.

3. In a screen, an open frame having a rabbet, two layers of screen cloth, an open-work stiffen- 40 ing member having a continuous border, and means to secure the marginal portion of each layer of cloth and the border of said stiening member in said rabbet.

4. In .a door or similar device, an open frame, 45 two layers of screen cloth stretched thereacross, a stiiem'ng member between the cloth layers, and means to secure the layers of screen cloth and stiiening member to the frame.

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